All Seven Films To Be Made?

[Rhindon]

A spy sent in this report to a Narnia website.

Walking into the Christian Source in the Woodlands Mall, I noticed a display of Narnia books. Three very familiar pieces of artwork drew my attention. All three were printed on a computer printer. The top one was the Disney ad that appeared in a newspaper a few months ago. The second and third one appeared to have come directly from NarniaWeb’s multimedia section. I talked to a lady at the bookstore and she said that they got all three pieces off of the internet. She was not completely certain where they came from. I also asked her if she knew if the books would be re-released before the movie. The books will be out sometime next fall with covers from the movie. She also said that it would take fifteen years for all seven movies to be made.

UPDATE: The employee’s source is from Zondervan and Harper Collins. Also, the employee said that as of right now, they plan on doing all seven movies if all goes well.

If this is true, it sure would be great.

[nejofsherwood]

how could they make some of those into movies? a couple of the books are so short. perhaps they would have enough filler information or something. i would love it if they would make one for each book! (if they did it right)

[Rhindon]

I think this rumour is probably false. But still, it is neat to think of all seven films being made. Then again, they can always do other things to get cover art for the other books. They did the same thing for Lord of the Rings card game.http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/12657.jpg

[crjr9833]

I think that they will make all seven, because otherwise the story will be incomplete. The creation to the destruction of the world of Narnia. Yes, they are making LWW first, but i'm sure they'll be able to make a good connection with the movies.

[rosymole]

I was reading an article a few days ago that mentioned the CoN film series, but it said they would only be making 5. I'm not 100% sure i read it correctly, but i shall try to re-find it and post!

[Bitter Milton]

I imagine that if LWW is a hit, theyll continue to make more. It was an obvious choice to start with, though.

[rosymole]

oh! just remembered- in an interview with JAmes McCavoy (tumnus) he mentioned that a sefcond film - PC possibly was already in pre-production- i shall check this to be sure!

[Rhindon]

IMDB doesn't have it listed.

[Dernhelm]

I read that they have started work on the script (for PC), which they will use if LWW turns out well.

[Narnia_at_OSU]

I am in total agreement with those who bet on the success in order for the production of more movies. While i am sure that the more optimistic of hollywood have several scripts already in production, the people behind the money want to make sure they get a profit. If LWW flops (which is very unlikely) then I would tend to believe that is it for a long time with the chronicles. However I am betting that the publicity and success of the LOTR will ultimately bring the same success to LWW and the rest.

[Jumping_Bomb_Angel]

I cant see them doing all of them just yet - they may see what happens at Xmas '05.

[Dragon]

You know, I could really see them doing LWW, PC, VODT, SC, and TLB. I think it'd be neat if they went back years later to do HHB, Characters like the Pevensies would've grown up for their small roles in that one. (though if that's the case, they would obviously be different actors than the grown Pevensies in LWW.Tha'd be interesting to see pulled off) And then they could go do TMN at a later date as well. It really works well as a stand-alone and would make sense if a release date of it were set off by a number of years.

On a personal note: I would *love* to see Charn! I just think that would be an awesome spectacle. Not to mention the creation of Narnia and the flight on Fledge. HHB would have some good eyecandy moments as well: the tombs, Tashbaan, the battle etc.

[Dead Rain]

oh yeah. Charn, would be amazing! as would the part with Fledge. and the creation of Narnia! and Tashbaan in HHB, and the battle..... and.... oooo.... i'm getting so excited!

[Narniafreak]

I know, I know...
that would rock SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. I just hope Disney doesn't mess it up. But the special effects should be great!!!! Man, this is going to rock! (SO excited) If the battles are anything like the lord of the rings I'm going to love this! The White witch (Jadis) is going to be sweet as well. The talking animals and the creatures like the niads, driads, unicords, dwarves, specters, hags, warewolves, giants and all the countless others... SOOO sweet, SOOO sweet. Oh man, I can't wait until December 9th.

[Soli_Deo_Gloria]

Is anyone else worried that Disney is producing? Don't get me wrong Disney has done some great work, but I wonder how Disney is going to handle Lewis's obvious allegories to Christianity.

[faeriechylde]

I have a feeling that has been discussed before, SDG (welcome, by the way! :)), but I don't remember where. So I'll answer your question as well as I can.
After seeing the impact (both financial and sociological) of the movie "The Passion of the Christ," I don't think Hollywood, including Disney, is going to take the Christian audience for granted again. To learn more about how Disney is dealing with this, you might want to read this:
http://www.narniafans.com/?id=170
I think they are on the right track. ;)

[Soli_Deo_Gloria]

Whew, that had me worried especially with all the talk about writing new chronicles going around.

[faeriechylde]

Whoa! Writing new Chronicles? I don't think I'd heard that rumor... What does that even mean?

[Soli_Deo_Gloria]

Yah, I had heard that they wanted to make new Chronicles that either had not reference to Christianity or references to other religions. I had not proof until today when I found this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1371135.stm. Incidently, I found this article in the same search I found this site. Opps, I think that comment goes in another thread somewhere...

[faeriechylde]

Man, that is very disturbing. I think I'll post that link in the books forum and see if anyone else has anything to say about it...

[NiennaTinuviel]

I thought doing the whole Chronicles was a sure thing. Aren't they filming a couple at the same time? It seems the logical thing to do like what PJ did with LotR. But then it's true they aren't sure how they will be welcomed. Still, the chronicles have a huge following everywhere and with allage groups so do they really need to be so cautious?

[faeriechylde]

I have generally heard that the common consensus is to see how well LWW does and go from there. I'm not sure if that's dependable information, though? I haven't heard much about the studio's plans for producing more Narnia films. If they are being cautious, Nienna, I think it may be because the CoN are slightly more controversial (religiously speaking) than LotR. Also, LotR was immediately seen as a story with a huge audience range, from older kids to retirees. CoN, on the other hand, have always been seen as children's books.
Judging by the general obsession with fantasy, I think LWW will do well, which means that if that is the only encouragement needed to make more Narnia films, we should expect a few more at least. It's the idea that all seven of the books will be made into individual films that I tend to regard with a little skepticism, simply because I've never seen Hollywood stick with that big of a project and have it turn out well. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see all of the books made into movies. I'm just afraid to get my hopes too high.

[NiennaTinuviel]

Yea well Hollywood doesn't have that good of a reputation at all does it. I mean, not with old cult classic sort of books at least. Imean, look at the Black Cauldron, amazing book, cartoonmovie? I mean hello...

[faeriechylde]

LOL!!! The fact that it's a cartoon isn't really the problem. I've seen some amazing animated films. The problem is that the movie tried to combine The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron into one story, cut out some key characters, and completely changed some other characters! Not to mention the plot and the spirit of the story! And that movie was just plain creepy, too...
But anyway, I'm not too worried about that happening in this case, at least with LWW. From the things I've heard it seems like the people behind this movie want to make it as close to the book as possible. Of course, we have to accept that making it close to the book really means close to their interpretation of the book, which could be quite different from ours...

[Twilight]

I sure hope they make all seven!

[SimonW]

Hope...Wish....Pray....

That is all I will do to actually see all seven books made into films.

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

I think as long as PC is a hit, they'll make all of them...VDT and SC are already in the works for sure :D YAY